This was Tunisia’s first jihad-martyrdom suicide bombing — more fruit of the glorious democratic “Arab Spring.”
“Suicide bomber blows himself up outside hotel in Tunisian resort town, casualties unknown,” from the Associated Press, October 30 (thanks to Kenneth):
TUNIS, Tunisia — The official Tunisian news agency says a man has blown himself up in front of a hotel in a Mediterranean resort town.
The TAP news agency says the man, wearing a belt of explosives, was killed. It was not clear if other people were hurt or killed in the explosion in the town of Sousse, about 90 miles (150 kilometers) south of the capital, Tunis. Sousse is a frequent destination for tourists….